Lady Gaga being pressured to condemn R. Kelly

Amid the ongoing controversy surrounding R Kelly Lady Gaga is facing pressure to condemn him Gaga who had at one point during her career defended her 2013 collaboration with the American singersongwriter is now being pressured into taking a stand against him reports CNNThis comes in the wake of a recent documentary series that chronicles allegations of abuse predatory behaviour and paedophilia against the I Admit singer However it is important to note that Kelly has vehemently denied all the allegations directed towards himGagas single Do What U Want which featured vocals by Kelly spiked controversy when it was released back in 2013 which was about five years after the singer had stood trial in Chicago on child pornography charges in 2008Kelly was acquitted of chargesThe shallow singer had addressed the controversy in a press conference in Japan in 2013 R Kelly and I have sometimes very untrue things written about us so in a way this was a bond between us That we were able to say the public they can have our bodies but they cannot have our mind or our heart It was a really natural collaboration she had saidEarlier this week The Karen Hunter Show featured Dream Hampton Surviving R Kelly documentary series producer on the show The producer during the interview stated that she wished Gaga could have featured in her documentaryI wanted to know how Lady Gaga could be on SNL with him as someone who advocates for domestic abuse survivors and was you know had this ridiculous performance with him on SNL said Hampton Gaga who has been a staunch supporter of MeToo and Times Up movements against sexual harassment is being asked to speak up against Kelly by the social media usersMany have taken their request regarding the same to Twitter I would like to know what ladygaga who has been a firm advocate of abuse survivors has to say about the R Kelly fiasco and why she collaborated with him after years of abuse allegations were made against him Its not a surprise to us It shouldnt be to her either a user tweetedAs much as I love lady gaga Im so disappointed in her for not appearing in the surviving r kelly docu shes worked with him as recently as 2015 and is such a big advocate for survivors and she had nothing to say something isnt adding up wrote anotherladygaga as a survivor your words condemning rkelly would mean the world but how can you be so selective with who is worthy of justice black girls lives are being ruined by the man you refuse to condemn youve lost my trust and the trust of survivors around the worldGaga has in past openly supported sexual assault victims She even went on to share her own story as a rape survivor in 2014 been outspoken in the past in her support of sexual assault victims and went public as a rape survivor in 2014Catch up on all the latest entertainment news and gossip here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever